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The Gilded Age Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Laissez-Faire Economics

a)

Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices

b)

A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products

c)

A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors

d)

Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top

2.

Vertical Integration

a)

Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices

b)

A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products

c)

A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors

d)

Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top

3.

Horizontal Integration

a)

Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices

b)

A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products

c)

A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors

d)

Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top

4.

Social Darwinism

a)

Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices

b)

A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products

c)

A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors

d)

Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top

5.

Labor Union

a)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

b)

An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands

c)

A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work

d)

A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment

6.

Strike

a)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

b)

An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands

c)

A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work

d)

A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment

7.

Lockout

a)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

b)

An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands

c)

A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work

d)

A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment

8.

Blacklist

a)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

b)

An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands

c)

A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work

d)

A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment

9.

Push Factor

a)

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region

b)

Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures

c)

Factors that induce people to move to a new location

d)

A party organization that commands enough votes to maintain control of a city, county, or state

10.

Pull Factor

a)

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region

b)

Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures

c)

Factors that induce people to move to a new location

d)

A party organization that commands enough votes to maintain control of a city, county, or state

11.

Political Machine

a)

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region

b)

Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures

c)

Factors that induce people to move to a new location

d)

A party organization that commands enough votes to maintain control of a city, county, or state

12.

Ellis Island

a)

Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892

b)

Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age

c)

Journalists who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age

d)

Immigration processing center that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910

13.

Tenements

a)

Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892

b)

Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age

c)

Journalists who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age

d)

Immigration processing center that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910

14.

Muckrakers

a)

Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892

b)

Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age

c)

Journalists who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age

d)

Immigration processing center that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910

15.

Angel Island

a)

Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892

b)

Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age

c)

Journalists who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age

d)

Immigration processing center that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910

16.

Americanization Movement

a)

Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants

b)

Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture

c)

Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs

d)

The growth of cities

17.

Nativism

a)

Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants

b)

Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture

c)

Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs

d)

The growth of cities

18.

Chinese Exclusion Act

a)

Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants

b)

Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture

c)

Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs

d)

The growth of cities

19.

Urbanization

a)

Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants

b)

Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture

c)

Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs

d)

The growth of cities